Sinney, accused of murdering two White girls, was tried and convicted back in 1944 with literally no physical evidence against him.

Less than three months after the girls’ deaths, Stinney was escorted to the electric chair at a Columbia, SC penitentiary. His court appointed lawyer never filed an appeal, which could have postponed the execution.

When the switch was flipped, Stinney’s body convulsed, dislodging the oversized mask and exposing his face to about 40 witnesses, including the slain girls’ fathers, according to James Gamble, son of the Clarendon County sheriff at the time. Gamble recalled the execution for The Herald in Rock Hill a decade ago.

Now, attorneys for Stinney’s family are demanding a new trial, saying the boy’s confession was clearly coerced and that Stinney had an alibi, his sister, Amie Ruffner, who claims she was with Stinney when the murders occurred.

His name is George Junius Stinney, Jr. [b. 1929 – d. 1944], he was 14 yrs. 6mos. and 5 days old when he was executed — he and holds the title of being the youngest person ever executed in the United States in the 20th Century.

In a South Carolina prison sixty-six years ago, guards walked the 14-year-old boy, bible tucked under his arm, to the electric chair.

Standing only 5′ 1″ and weighing a mere 95 pounds, the straps of the chair didn’t fit, and an electrode was too big for his leg.